~Tristan~
I sat down in a chair, pulling Alyce into my lap as I scanned the crowd looking for Kami. I saw her dancing with one of the Dark Forest pack, seemingly enjoying herself now that the drama was over for the night. Titus was chatting with their Beta, keeping an eye on Kami.
“Mat, now that I have found Alyce, I will be taking over my pack from my father soon. I would like you to consider taking the Beta position. Our current Beta has twin girls, and neither wants to take the role when they know they will leave upon finding their mates.”
Mat’s jaw dropped at my offer, “I would be honored, but I would not want to step on anyone's toes, especially as an outsider coming to the pack.”
“I promise, you would be stepping on no one’s toes.”
“We’
Tristan was sitting on the bed, one of my books in his hands. I arched my brow at the sight as I walked to my bag and grabbed my brush, “I didn’t take you as the reading type.” He looked up at me and smiled, setting the book aside, “I’m full of surprises. Secretly, I was a nerd as a teenager.” “Hmmm, I think I’m going to need proof of this before I believe it.” I sat down on the wooden chest at the foot of the bed and started to work on brushing my hair out. “I’m afraid I destroyed the evidence long ago, so you will just have to take me at my word.” He scooched down the bed, coming to sit behind me as he took my brush from me, “Let me help.” “You don’t have to do that. I have a lot of hair, you might not have the muscles for it.” I teased him.
We couldn’t have been asleep for more than a few hours when I woke to her whimpering and tossing in her sleep. I lifted myself up on my arm, watching her for a moment, “Alyce, wake up love, you’re ok. You’re safe.” She didn’t seem to hear me as she growled and thrashed in her sleep. I reached over and grabbed her, wrapping her in my arms so she wouldn’t hurt herself, “Alyce, come on, wake up. It’s just a nightmare.” I shook her a little bit and pulled her head into the crook of my shoulder so she would catch my scent. She let out a stifled scream, her as flying open, “No, no, no!” she wiggled against my arms and I let her go, not wanting her to think she was being forced into something again. She rolled away from me, sliding off the bed to her feet, and I could hear her heart beating rapidly against her chest. Her eyes darted around and finally settled on me
“Kami, will you peel and slice potatoes please? Try to make the slices the same width so they cook evenly.” “On it!” She hopped right to work. I started the coffee pot while giving Victor his instructions, “Victor, I need you to crack 3 dozen eggs, add one cup of half and half, and 2 cups of shredded cheese then mix it all together for an egg scramble.” “You got it.” I set about dicing up bacon and putting it in a large nonstick skillet with some ground sausage. When the meat was done I added in the potatoes that Kami had prepared and seasoned it all with some salt, pepper, garlic, onion and basil. Lastly, I added the scrambled egg mix when the potatoes were about done. The grease from the meat sizzled as the eggs made contact and I started mixing everything in the p
~Tristan~ We stopped for lunch at the halfway point, Alyce being kind enough to get clothes out for each of us as we all slipped behind trees to shift back. She had pulled out the extra burritos from one of the packs and looked at me, “Do we have time to start a fire and warm them, or are we eating a cold lunch?” I glanced at the sky, “If we can be moving again in an hour then we should be fine.” “That should be doable, these won’t take long.” She set to work collecting some kindling and wood, finding a suitable place to make a fire. In less than 10 minutes she had a decent one going. She lined half the burritos up along the edge of the fire, using stones to keep them off the ground, “Is there a river nearby? I’d like to get some water to put this out before we leave.” “Maybe half a mile
~Alyce/Faelyn~ It was about an hour after sunset when we reached the borders of the Moonlight territory, and even in my long sleeve shirt and sweater I was shivering a bit. There was a thin layer of frost covering the ground and the plants in the area. I suspected winter came early this far north. I laid myself down along Tristan’s back and snuggled into his thick fur. *Are you cold, Half-Pint?* His voice came across our mind-link. *A little, but I’ll be ok. How much further is it?* *Maybe a 20 minute run, we just crossed the border.* *Ah. Mat, Faith, Jake and myself need to renounce Red Moon then.* *We can deal with that a little later. For now just relax. We’ll be there soon.*
Tristan and I continued down the hall to our room. When he opened the doors and I stepped in, getting a full view of the room I was in awe. There was a king size bed on the right hand wall and a balcony with french doors directly across from the bedroom door. The wall to the left had three doors. I assumed one was the closet and one the ensuite bathroom. I wasn't sure about the third one though. There was a large seating area that was in a recessed area on the left hand side of the room. A 55” TV hung on the wall between the closet and the bathroom. The whole room was done in forest green with dark brown accents. The carpet was green and plush. “Wow, this is like its own apartment. All it’s missing is a kitchen.” I giggled and looked back at him with a smile. “Actually…” He pointed to the mysterious third door. “There’s a small kitchen through there. Nothing
I took a moment to look around the office. The east and west walls were lined with built-in shelves, the entrance was on the north wall and the south wall was the exterior wall. It had a large picture window that the desk sat in front of. Instead of blinds there were curtains in here, which allowed some more flexibility for how much light was let in and from what angle. “Good evening everyone,” Daemon stood from where he was sitting behind the desk when we entered. There was a tall woman standing with him, I assumed she was Tristan’s mother. She was taller than most she-wolves, about 6’5” with dark, dark red hair. It nearly looked like it was black it was so dark a red. Her eyes were a piercing sky blue and judging by her muscle structure she was a fighter. Daemon took her hand and came around the desk with her, “Let me introduce my mate and wife to you, her name is Ivy.”
~Tristan~ We bid the others goodnight in the hall on the 5th floor and Alyce and I headed into our room. I loved the sound of everything being ours. I scooped her up into my arms and kissed her softly, “Do you actually enjoy training?” “I do, I also enjoy torturing Mat, so it’s a win-win for me.” She giggled and I shook my head at her in amusement. “You seem happier since we left Red Moon’s territory, I’m glad. I want to see you happy all the time.” “I am happy. I still have a very long road ahead of me. One that entails some danger, but with you, everything seems possible, and it’s easy to be happy.” I laid her in the bed inhaling her scent, “Good I’m glad. Do you want one of my shirts to sleep in? They’d be like a nightgown on you.”